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Though it'll be a little more than $300, I'd look for a Tacoma M-1 with a good setup.

Man, I thought the pawn shop deal days were over.....great find!

I bought a '66 for $150......but that was awhile back. Mint too.

Years ago I traded my POS Vox for a Kauffman and Fender lap steel, plus $100....can't remember what became of it. Man, and I knew Doc Kauffman too.

Another vote for vintage, there were so many sold in the 30's and 40's that there's still a lot of them around. I've had my Rick Electro for over 30 years and that horseshoe pickup has sounded great through anything I've ever plugged it into.

45 years ago I remember there were only four actual string makers as well, and we've come a long way from Black Diamond, Blue Bell, and Criterion.....a string so crappy they gave you 8 to set. One thing that has stayed the same is that those few companies manufacture to the requests of the...

Couldn't disagree more.

Blame it on Leo. I remember talking to Don Randall a few times about Jazzmasters and Jaguars (and the 12 string) and he said Leo (being a tool and dye guy) pushed those trem designs. They work ok with heavy strings. I had a 66 Jazzmaster as a main electric back in the 70's and loved it, but...

I got a Gibson J-45R a few years ago from GC and I'm quite happy with it. It was a 'hey, you gotta come out here and play this' call from the San Bernardino store. and sure enough, it was nice out of the box but 5 years old in new condition with a new warranty....don't know where it's been...

Yeah, it was a Fulltone OCD. Kinda pricy but it works. Thanks.

Last night I ran my Dobro through a little white box called OCR or OC-something, I can't remember, but it was just the effect I was looking for in that situation. Anybody know what it is and where to get one?

I'd look at something from Eastman, a Chinese company that before they made guitars (I have an 810CE) and mandolins have been making quality student level violins and cellos at an attractive price. Most cellos they make are solid wood, and well set up and will set you back a grand or more but...

I tune my old Rick to E but raise the 'A' string from B to C# to give me a 6 feel. The Weissenborn is a E tuning but usually dropped to D or sometimes C. The Dobro stays in G.

I'm on the East side of the Coachella Valley. Since humidity is often in the teens here, it's pretty low in the house after the heat pump gets done heating or cooling the air and that presents another set of problems; that's the natural enviornment here so if you're taking your guitar out its...

Great post Light. Here in the desert we laugh at humidity. Rarely does it ever reach the ideal of 35 to 40% humidity to make an instrument happy. As said earlier, one of the most important things is that acoustic instruments don't like extreme change so be careful when you take your stabilized...

The best? A broadcast quality transmitter and reciever by Sony, G & G Technologies in New Jersey is a good source. In the real world any good UHF diversity unit will work fine. I use AKG but Shure, Sennheiser, etc. are all fine. Look for good battery life and AA's rather than 9 volt...saves a...

Yeah, 51 years of it. It has always amazed me how people fall for smoke and mirrors. Most the guys mentioned so far I like or at least respect, so let me think of who might be overrated.............. Esteban.

No one has played longer and learned as little as I have.

Lawsuit Tokai's are great. I'd avoid anything made after '82.

Another vote for Eastman...I have an 810CE. An important thing to consider is how you intend to use your archtop. If you are going to be amplified at fairly high volumes then you might consider a lamenate top rather than solid or carved.....something like a used Gibson ES 175 or ES 150D (got...